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$147,062,009

Department of Health and Human Services·Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

to ALBERT B. SABIN VACCINE INSTITUTE, INC. (THE)

biotechactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2019 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2019-09-26·LATEST ACTION2026-05-11·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75A50119C00055_7505_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

THIS CONTRACT IS TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF MONOVALENT VACCINES FOR PREVENTION OF MARBURG VIRUS (MARV) AND SUDAN EBOLAVIRUS (SUDV) DISEASE.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Advance development of monovalent vaccines against Marburg virus and Sudan Ebolavirus, continuing work that began in 2019.

Sub-sectors
vaccine-developmentinfectious-diseasemarburg-ebolavirus
Why this matters

Addresses critical gaps in medical countermeasures for high-mortality hemorrhagic fevers with pandemic potential; supports U.S. biodefense preparedness.

Supply-chain signal

Signals sustained demand for vaccine manufacturing scale-up, cold-chain logistics, and clinical trial infrastructure for emerging pathogen countermeasures.

U.S.–China competition angle

Positions U.S. biotech leadership in vaccine development for pathogens where global supply chains remain fragmented; relevant to pandemic preparedness competition.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-24. Cost: $0.003089.

Period of performance
Start
2019-09-26
End
2027-09-30
Status
activein 457 days
Sources

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